Overlea High School Explained

Overlea High School (OHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school was opened in 1961.

About the school

The original building was constructed in the early-1960s. The main structure is .^[1] It is located on Kenwood Avenue in eastern Baltimore County near the I-695 and I-95 interchange. Though in an unincorporated part of the county, it serves the areas of White Marsh, Rosedale, Overlea, and Fullerton.

Overlea's school district borders Parkville High School, Perry Hall High School, Kenwood High School, and Dundalk High School.^[2]

Academics

Overlea High school received a 42.7 out of a possible 90 points (47%) on the 2018-2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 3 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 24th percentile among all Maryland schools.^[3]

Students

The 2019–2020 enrollment at Overlea High School was 1020 students.^[4]

The graduation rate at Overlea has been steady at 79-90% over the past 10 years ending in 2007.^[5]

Demographic

Based on current enrollment information, there are approximately 1,230 students that attend Overlea High School. There are 430 students in the ninth grade, 405 students in the tenth grade, 369 in the eleventh grade, and 332 in the twelfth grade.

Ethnicity distribution

Of the 1,230 students that attend Overlea High School, 808 (65.7%) of them are Black or African American, 25 (2.1%) are Asian American, 77 (6.3%) are Hispanic or Latino, 279 (22.7%) are White, and 38 (3.1%) are other.

Gender distribution

Of the 1,230 students, there are 553 (45%) girls and 676 (55%) boys.

Athletics

State championships

Boys Soccer

• One Class 1971^[7]
• Pre-MPSSAA Class A 1948^[7]

Wrestling

• Group:
  • Class 2A-1A Dual Meet 1999^[8]

Softball

• Class AA 1981^[9]

Notable alumni

• Bernard Hopkins, (1992) is a professional basketball player in Spain's Liga ACB.
• Dave Johnson (1977), former Major League pitcher, currently a broadcaster for MASN
• Jamie Miller (1993) drummer for Bad Religion, guitarist/drummer for ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, theSTART, drummer for Snot
• Mike Riley, (1993) is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the webcomic, I Taste Sound
• Mike Rowe, (1980) is an American media personality. He is the host of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, as well as narrator for other programs on the Discovery Channel^[10]

References and notes

• See also List of Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maryland Property Database . 2007-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043034/http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/details.aspx?County=04&SearchType=STREET&AccountNumber=14%20%201402058644 . 2007-09-27 . dead .
2. Web site: Baltimore County Public Schools website.
3. https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/ReportCards/ReportCardSchool/1/H/1/03/1473/0 Overlea High & Academy of Finance 2018 - 2019 School Report Card
4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=240012000438 Search for Public Schools
5. Web site: Maryland Report Card .
6. Web site: Maryland State Department of Education.
7. Web site: 2019 MPSSAA Fall Record Book.
8. Web site: 2019-20 MPSSAA Winter Record Book.
9. Web site: 2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book.
10. Book: Jill C. Wheeler . Getting Gritty with Mike Rowe . August 2015 . ABDO . 978-1-62969-835-9 . 28.